There’s no federal statute against revenge porn- commonly defined as the sharing or distributing of lewd photos or videos without the materials’ subject’s permission- but many nations have laws against it.

After the picture surfaced, Barton admitted to engaging in consensual its relation with “other mature adult women” when he was separated from his second wife. He apologized for not using “better judgment during those days.”

It’s unclear who shared the photo of Barton on the anonymous Twitter account, but he did warn the woman with whom he had shared “inappropriate photographs and videos with” against attaining those public in 2015. That female told the Washington Post that she did not publish the photo online.

What is revenge porn ?

Revenge porn is defined by Merriam-Webster as “sexually explicit images of a person posted online without that person’s consent, especially as a kind of revenge or harassment.”

“Many perpetrators are not motivated by retaliation or by any personal feelings toward the victim, ” the nonprofit Cyber Civil Rights Initiative( CCRI) says. The group says the term “nonconsensual pornography” is more “accurate.”

What does federal law say about revenge porn ?

There is no federal statute that especially stimulates retaliation porn illegal.

How do countries adjudicate it ?

There are 38 states that have revenge porn laws, according to CCRI. Washington , D.C ., classifies it as a felony.

Texas, where Barton lives when he’s not in the District of Columbia, categorizes revenge porn as a Class A misdemeanor , not unlike other countries.

Illinois has strong anti-revenge porn laws, according to C.A. Goldberg, PLLC, a Brooklyn-based statute firm. Passed in 2014, Illinois law punishes delinquents with one to three years in prison and a fine that could reaching $25,000.